Under the combined onslaught of Su Bai and Pikachu, Lileep lost the ability to battle.
As the host announced the result, most of the audience rose to applaud Su Bai.
Banners and posters waved nonstop in J University's section of the stands as J City Stadium welcomed its new king.
Su Bai, the J University student who had swept all six opponents, and his Pikachu had given the audience a brief but dazzling battle.
Yet Su Bai himself wasn't particularly happy.
He hadn't obtained any information about fossil Pokémon.
His teammates from the J University Team rushed onto the field. The boys lifted Su Bai, while the girls lifted Pikachu, tossing them into the air again and again.
With Director Li's help, Su Bai escaped the tabloid reporters' questions and left the stadium early.
Fortunately, he had the Viridian Force, so Pikachu didn't need to visit a Pokémon Center just yet.
As soon as he entered his residential complex, Gengar, hidden in his shadow, quietly tugged at him.
"Hee hee hee. (Kid, don't go home yet. Someone's following you.)"
"A reporter?"
"Hee hee hee. (Doesn't look like one. She's sneaking around, but she's a pretty short-haired girl in a suit.)"
Ignoring the lecherous old ghost, Su Bai turned and hid among the complex's landscaping.
A dozen seconds later, Su Bai saw a somewhat familiar woman hurry inside.
The moment he saw her face, he froze.
If he remembered correctly, she was Matori, the secretary of Team Rocket's boss Giovanni in the anime.
The bespectacled girl with the bowl cut whom Jessie hated most.
But why was she following me?
Su Bai knew Team Rocket might have noticed him because of his connection to Lance, but he hadn't expected them to send such a big fish to tail him.
*Now that